Abel, F A.Excerpt Proc Inst Civil Engs, 1887.Octavo, 40 pages, disbound and stapled into serviceable card covers with paper backstrip, VG. **According to Wikipedia*, Sir Frederick Abel was chemist to the War Department and chemical referee to the Government. He was a specialist in the chemistry of explosives, and it is this aspect of mine safety that this part of the paper addresses. (*Who record that he was knighted in 1891: in which case the ICE were embarrassingly prescient.)

Price:
£10.00

Driven By Steam.
Ref: S7465
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Allan, I.IA, 1992.Octavo, 160 pages, photo illustrations, jacket, near fine (the endpaper bears the publisher's stamp "Soiled", but this is not truly the case). **Autobiography of Ian Allan, whose career as a distinguished transport publisher began with the first locospotters' ABCs. A very good read, and lacking in the self-indulgence so often associated with modern autobiographies : Allan's loss of a leg at the age of 15 is compressed into two sentences in a paragraph about the OTC.

Price:
£12.00

The Utility Of Motor Tractors For Tillage Purposes.
Ref: S7436
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Amos, A.1918, excerpt Proc Inst Mech E.Octavo, 140 pages + 40 pages of photos, many drawings and tables in the text, new dark blue cloth, fine copy. **A matter of crucial importance at the time, with a pressing need to increase land productivity and to counter the shortage of horses.

Price:
£40.00

Steam : Its Generation And Use. With a catalogue of the manufactures of Babcock & Wilcox Ltd.
Ref: S7722
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Babcock & Wilcox Ltd.London, 1906.Tall octavo, 182 pages with photo illustrations and diagrams of generating plant for power stations and industry. Original red cloth rebacked in red calf, VG. **Babcock & Wilcox Ltd was the European arm of the American Babcock & Wilcox Company. Originally in Renfrew, but this catalogue gives an address in Farringdon St, London EC; later they had an office (or works?) in Southwark Street, near Borough Market Junction, where dusty pipework was displayed in the windows. The firm still exists as Doosan Babcock.

Price:
£40.00

A History Of London Transport. Passenger travel and the development of the metropolis.
Ref: S6229
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Barton, D B.Bradford Barton, 1969: 2nd edition.Octavo, 285 pages, illustrated with photos, engravings and scale drawings, jacket, fine. **Deep mining could not have developed as it did save for the bringing to perfection in Cornwall of the steam engine as a means of raising water. The author goes into every aspect of the beam engine, from early development through its refinement for the purpose of stamping ore, for use underground and for the raising of miners by the celebrated man-engines. (A quote from the jacket blurb: it sounds a bit Brave New World, but means winding engines, of course.)

Price:
£22.00

The Model Railway Handbook. A practical guide to the installation of a model railway.
Ref: S7651
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Bassett-Lowke, W J.1945, 11th edition reprinted.Octavo, 152 pages, photo and line illustrations, some discolouration to the printed boards, but generally a VG copy of this famous guide.

Bazalgette, J W.Excerpt Proc Inst Civil Engs, 1884.Octavo, 70 pages, recent maroon cloth binding, near fine. **Sir Joseph's address compares public health in major foreign cities with the achievements of London. The address comprises 25 pages; the remainder of the work is a table of remarkable statistics. Seventy-nine major cities are compared with London in terms of population, water supply, sewerage, waste collection and disposal, police, abatoirs and tramways. Here are two examples.Paris, Pekin, Perth (WA) and Philadelphia are consecutive. Their daily water consumption per head was: 36 gals; about a quarter of a bucket; - - (no waterworks); and 54.15 gals, nearly half of which is wasted. (London: 31¼ gals). Constantinople does not impress Bazalgette: Cost of cleansing the streets - Nil. Cleaned by dogs.

Price:
£30.00

The Crystal Palace 1851-1936: A portrait of Victorian enterprise.
Ref: S7098
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New Training School At Wolverton Carriage & Wagon Works.
Ref: S7579
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British Railways London Midland Region.BR, 1954.Quarto, 16 pages, illustrated with photos and a plan of the building, card covers, a little edge wear, but a bright copy, VG+. **A descriptive booklet to mark the opening.

Loco's Of "The Royal Road". A new railway locomotive book for boys of all ages.
Ref: S6852
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Chapman, W G.GWR, 1936.Small octavo, 232 pages, fold-out coloured frontispiece (cut-away King), map, photos, diagrams, card covers, some browning of prelims and neat tape repair between front cover and endpaper otherwise VG. ** History of locomotive development, working, construction, and the various GW classes of engines, in considerable detail, from the days when the only concession to the junior intellect was the use of a narrative style - 'That is fairly clear, I hope, but you will probably say "What about the effect of steam pressure?" ... '. The title is a reminder that the derided greengrocers' apostrophe was once perfectly acceptable.

Price:
£10.00

George Parker Bidder. The calculating boy.
Ref: S7437
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Clark, E F.1983, KSL.Large octavo, 518 pages, coloured portrait frontispiece, 90 text illustrations, extensive notes and appendices, jacket, fine copy. **Biography of the eminent civil engineer 1806-1878, responsible for numerous railway contracts at home and abroad, docks, river improvements, etc. In his youth he was celebrated for his powers of mental arithmetic, hence the sub-title of the book.

Tie Hackers To Timber Harvesters. The history of logging in British Columbia's interior.
Ref: S7429
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Drushka, K.Madiera Park, BC, 1998 : Harbour Publishing.Large quarto, 240 pages, many illustrations, jacket, fine. **Full of interest from the logging and milling point of view; railway content incidental. In BC the logging industry got under way during the mid nineteenth century gold rushes, boomed during the construction of the trans-Canada railway, and continues to play a key part in the economy of the state.

Price:
£24.00

The Yorkshire Ouse. The history of a river navigation.
Ref: S5512
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Duckham, B F.New York, 1968: Kelley; USA edition of (and identical with) D&C publication 1967.Octavo, 226 pages + 16 pages of plates, maps, notes, glossary etc, jacket, VG. **Account of the improvement and use of the tideway and upper reaches of one of England's greatest rivers. The Ouse was a vital trading route throughout the middle ages, and subsequently had important ports at Selby and Goole and connected with the Aire & Calder Navigation. Even at the time of writing the Ouse carried a greater quantity of goods further inland than any other British river.

Edinburgh Corporation Transport.Edinburgh Corporation, 1964.Landscape, 25" x 35", double-sided, stout paper folded to 4¼ x 6¼". Smaller inner city map and Corporation transport information on the reverse, full page city map on the inside. Extends from Corstorphine to Eastfield and from the Forth to Hillend (roughly the area now bordered by the City Bypass) with bus routes and numbers marked in red. VG+.

Price:
£8.00

Saltley Firing Days. Footplate memories, 1950-59.
Ref: S6149
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Essery, T.Silver Link, 1994, revised, enlarged edition.Large octavo, 255 pages, photo illustrations, glazed card covers, fine. **Reminiscences of nine years that the author spent in the employ of BR at Saltley mpd in Birmingham, joining as a cleaner in 1950 and departing as a top link fireman in 1959.

Eyre, D M.Manchester Transport Museum, 1971.Quarto, 112 pages, photo illustrations, detailed stock lists, card covers, VG. **History of the development of the bus fleet up to the end of the second world war.

Fawcett, B.Blackie, nd, 1950s.Small quarto, 64 pages + 13 pages of coloured plates, diagrams and drawings in the text, paper-covered boards with cloth backstrip, VG+. **Juvenile. Our unspeakably fortunate hero appears to have penetrated an engine shed and - far from being chased out by an irate foreman - has been permitted to drive a Coronation, no less, for the asking. The real engine-driver grounds him thoroughly in the working of the machine before they start, and his driving instructions are very detailed, but clear and nicely illustrated.

Price:
£12.00

The History And Development Of Steam On Common Roads.
Ref: S5350
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Fletcher, W.Spon, 1891.Octavo, 306 pages, 108 diagrams and engravings, eight of which are on folding plates. Advertising pages. Newly rebound in green cloth, mark across front board. Some marks of usage within, nevertheless a good copy of a road steam rarity.

Garraway, A.Middleton, 1985.Octavo, 158 pages, photo illustrations, glazed boards, fine. **A double biography/autobiography. Garraway senior worked on the Palestine Railway, and the LNER; Allan Garraway's career included railway operation in occupied Germany, Eastern Region breakdowns and locomotive performance, the first few weeks of the Talyllyn revival, the resurrection of the Festiniog Railway and ends with his "retirement" on the Aviemore Railway.

Price:
£14.00

The Scottish Country Miller. A history of water-powered meal milling in Scotland.
Ref: S6158
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Gauldie, E.Donald, 1981.Octavo, 254 pages, jacket, near fine. ** A scholarly history of the legal, social and technological aspects of mills and milling in Scotland.

Price:
£18.00

Hornby Book Of Trains. A reprint of the Hornby Catalogues for 1927-1932.
Ref: S6530
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Gorham, F R.OPC, 1973.Landscape quarto, about 250 pages, glazed boards slightly bowed, slight split at head of spine, otherwise VG. **Alongside the mouthwatering illustrated lists of clockwork and electric engines and their accessories are quite grown-up articles on railway matters. "Goods Train Control: A Marvel of Organisation" and "Modernising a Locomotive: The Re-built "Claughtons" " would probably tax the comprehension of the modern lad.

Price:
£18.00

GWR Engines.
Ref: S6921
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Great Western Railway.GWR, 1946, fourth edition.Small octavo, 108 pages + 8 blank "memoranda" pages, illustrated card covers, photo illustrations (mainly works photos, each with a measured drawing and main dimensions), loco lists, near fine. **A handsome copy of the final edition of this GW publicity item.

Underground Art. London Transport posters 1908 to the present.
Ref: S7481
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Green, O.Studio Vista,1990.Folio, 144 pages, 214 illustrations nearly all in colour, jacket, fine. **A handsome book. A twelve-page introduction is followed by excellent reproductions of old favourites and many you may have forgotten about.

Price:
£22.00

The Canals Of The East Midlands (including part of London).
Ref: S7208
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Apprenticeship In Steam. The memoirs of a general engineer.
Ref: S6721
SOLD

Hampshire, J.Falmouth, 1969: Lake.Octavo, 152 pages, photo illustrations, card covers a little worn and marked, contents VG. **Scarce. Sequel to I Worked With Traction Engines. The author's father ran a large haulage business using steam traction engines; on leaving school the author entered into an apprenticeship in steam engineering before joining the family firm. His subsequent career included the RN, the merchant navy, and operation Pluto; during the war he erected steam sawmills.

Price:
£18.00

Railways In The Blood.
Ref: S7469
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Hardy, R H N.Ian Allan, 1985.Small quarto, 128 pages, illustrated, signed on title page by author, dust jacket, VG+. **Sequel to the author's autobiography "Steam In The Blood", covering the last 20 years of his service on BR.

Price:
£16.00

Memories Of Birmingham's Transport. Part Two.
Ref: S4628
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Harvey (compiler); Glover & Perkins (photographers).BTHG, 1988.Octavo, 72 page album, card covers, fine. **West Midlands Transport In Pictures series. Some nice street scenes in this booklet in which tram pictures predominate. There are also buses, trolley buses and a strange lorry converted from a bus body. Plenty of information in the captions.

Price:
£8.00

Railway Ribaldry. Being 96 pages of railway humour.
Ref: S5560
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Heath Robinson, W.Ian Allan reprint, nd.Quarto, 96 pages, card covers, VG+. **Originally published by the Great Western Railway in 1935, to mark the company's centenary. An inspired collection of WHR's trademark ramshackle contraptions in railway vein.

Price:
£12.00

The Traveller's Guide To India, Australia, China And The Far East.
Ref: S5421
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Henry King & Co.London, 1899.Duodecimo, 128 pages, with several maps tipped in, light card covers, some wear but generally in very good condition. **Henry King & Co were travel agents in London. Their guide offers quantities of practical information for the traveller, including details of the overland route to Bridisi for onward travel through the Suez canal.

Price:
£20.00

The Armstrongs Of The Great Western. Their times, surroundings and contemporaries.
Ref: S5960
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Holcroft, H.Railway World, 1953.Octavo, 140 pages + photo plates (incl one colour plate by F Moore), line illustrations in the text, including locomotive drawings, track plans etc, no jacket, otherwise very good.. **The Armstrong family served the GWR for three generations. Joseph Armstrong (1816-77), the locomotive engineer, is perhaps best known. The book studies the family and its background, the locomotive works where they worked, at Wolverhampton, Swindon and elsewhere, and the locomotives they designed and worked with.

Price:
£18.00

The Long Haul. The life and times of the railway horse.
Ref: S4220
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Holden, B.J A Allen, 1985.Octavo, 174 pages, photos and line drawings, glazed boards. **Horses were used as drawers of vehicles on rails, and of railway-owned road vehicles: there is a dearth of archive material on both aspects. The author took some six years to gather the information herein; much of it came orally from carters and others who worked with the railway horses.

Horne, J B & Maund, T B.LRTL, 1975 - 1989.Four volumes, folio, 153 / 359 / 216 / 257 pages, maps, route maps and photo illustrations, laminated boards, VG+. **Volume 1: 1930 - 1900; Volume 2 : 1900 -1930; Volume 3 : 1931 - 1939; Volume 4 : 1939 - 1957. The set is a very detailed history of bus and tram services in Liverpool. A fifth volume to "describe transport in the city after the demise of the tram system and up to deregulation" is advertised on Volume 4, but is not included; we are not aware whether it was ever published.

Price:
£100.00

A Century Of Traction Engines.
Ref: S5352
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Hughes, W J.Percival Marshall, 1959.Octavo, 262 pages, 181 illustrations (drawings and photographs) in text, some wear to jacket, VG. **Subtitled "Being an historical account of the rise and decline of an industry whose benefits to mankind were and are incalculable."

Price:
£20.00

A Historical Sketch Of British Mining.
Ref: S6992
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SOLD

Hunt, R.EP, 1978: reprint of 1887 edition.Quarto, 186 pages + 40 page appendix, tables, text figures, jacket, fine. **"Being Book 1 and the Appendix to British Mining by Robert Hunt (1887)." The latter portions of the book concerned technical , particularly geological, information. It is Book 1 which remains of interest today.

Price:
£20.00

Railways On The Screen.
Ref: S5570
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Huntley, John.Ian Allan, 1993.Small quarto, 205 pages, plus illustrations. Jacket. Near fine. **The most comprehensive catalogue of pre-1993 railway films available and greatly sought-after by enthusiasts of films with railway content; Huntley lists not only all films with railway scenes but also many of the commercially available videos, giving date, stars, director, and an outline of the plot or topic. Both documentary and commercial movies are included and each film is rated for the amount of railway coverage. Illustrated with some memorable stills.

Price:
£17.00

London Transport Posters.
Ref: S7280
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Hutchison, H F.LT, 1963.Quarto, 24 pages of introductory text, 124 pages of colour reproductions of classic posters, green buckram, some marks and chipping to jacket and slight tear on one page (and priced accordingly), otherwise VG+. **Superbly printed by the Curwen Press. Among the Laura Knights, Hans Ungers and Rex Whistlers, the book unexpectedly includes a 1957 design, "Village Life", by Len Deighton.

Price:
£32.00

+ The Story Of Pickfords.
Ref: S7879
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Ingram, A.Roundoak Publishing, 1994.Quarto, 111 pages, photos, jacket, near fine. **Generously-illustrated history of the well-known carriers founded some time around the middle of the 17th century and continuing to thrive.

Price:
£16.00

+ Dynamometers.
Ref: S7861
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Jervis-Smith, F J.Constable, 1915.Octavo, 267 pages, illustrated with diagrams, drawings and photographs, green cloth binding, ex school reference library, RAF Halton, with stamps and labels but no signs of use, otherwise a VG+ copy. ** The author writes : "It has been my aim to place before the reader an account of some of the machines which have from time to time been invented with a view to estimate the output of prime-movers, and the power absorbed by machines when driven by engines or motors." It is not a book for the non-technically minded and I grieve to note that the withdrawal record at the back of the book does not record a single borrowing.

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Jowitt, P & R E.Jersey Artists, 1970Quarto, 208 page photo album, text and captions in English and French, jacket, VG+. **A 11 page introduction (or, rather, two, as it is followed by its French translation) preceeds a collection of Jowitt's photographs of Paris, all of which contain an open-platform bus, and many of which sport at least one young parisienne as well.

Price:
£25.00

Great Western Road Vehicles.
Ref: S6669
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Kelley, P J.OPC, 2002.Large quarto, 256 pages, copiously illustrated with photos, also some line drawings, jacket, fine. **The definitive guide to the subject, this volume draws on the information in the author's earlier two works, but uses his more recent research to expand and reinterpret his original data.

Kelly, M A.Goose, 1971; 1975.Two volumes, large quarto, 147 + 242 pages, photos and line drawings, works lists, jackets, some discolouration of prelims and edges, generally VG+. **Survey of British wagons, by manufacturer, includes sections on on foreign manufacturers, and a substantial appendix on management and operation of overtype wagons.

The Story Of St Nicholas Works. A history of Charles Burrell & Sons Ltd 1803-1928.
Ref: S7222
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Lane, M R.Unicorn Press, 1994.Large quarto, 304 pages, 317 illustrations, production list, jacket, fine copy. **Founded in Thetford in 1803 and became one of the most famous manufacturers of steam traction engines in the world, Burrells was closed down in 1928 after an ill-fated takeover.

Lindsay, J.David & Charles, 1979.Octavo, 182 pages, photo and line illustrations, maps, jacket, near fine. ** One of the Canals Of The British Isles series.

Price:
£20.00

The First Sixty Years. A pictorial record of the Liverpool Corporation Passenger Transport undertaking issued on the occasion of the last tramcar running in Liverpool on the 14th September, 1957.
Ref: S7334
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Liverpool Corporation Passenger Transport.LCPT, 1957.Tall octavo, 40 pages, 30 of which are of photographs, short historical introduction, three pages of statistical and other information, cream card covers slightly browned otherwise near fine. ** A nice commemorative item, the covers have an understated design in green and cream

Price:
£8.00

The Railway Man.
Ref: S7840
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Lomax, E.Cape, 1995 (1st edition).Octavo, 278 pages, map, jacket, VG. **Autobiographical account of a soldier who was taken prisoner at the fall of Singapore, put to work building the Burma-Siam railway, brutally punished for his involvement with an illicit radio and, much later, re-united and reconciled with the most hated of his torturers. This powerful story is not essentially a railway book but as Lomax was keenly interested in railways throughout his life (and a customer of ours), starting with his boyhood fascination with trains in Edinburgh, railways run as a recurrent theme through the book. Filmed in 2013, starring Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman; we supplied a Bradshaw for the production. Eric Lomax died in 2012, during the filming.

The Track Of The Coronation Scot. A running commentary on the journey from London to Glasgow by the west coast route.
Ref: S5510
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London Midland & Scottish Railway.LMS, nd c1938.Booklet, similar in shape to triple-fold A4 leaflet, but taller, 32 pages, illustrated with diagrammatic maps of the line, blue art deco card covers (6220 at speed), staples slightly rusty, part of menu inscribed inside front cover in an unsteady hand (done in the train?) otherwise VG+. **Number 3 in the LMS Book Of The Train series. Two pages extolling the new locomotives and carriages are followed by a milage table and a two-page introduction. The remainder of the book is a series of diagrammatic maps of the route from Euston to Glasgow Central showing bridges, junctions, rivers, towns and other sights of interest on either side. There is a full map of the route on the centre spread.

Price:
£12.00

London's Country. Guide No 2: By road, stream and fieldpath south of the Thames.
Ref: S5822
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London's Underground.London's Underground, 5th edition, nd (1920s).Octavo, 106 pages, many good maps, photos, heavy card covers, pictorial, depicting ancient buildings, VG. **Charming guide to pretty places around London, with travel directions etc. There is a companion volume for north of the Thames, which may be listed here at #S4384.

Marshall, R.TPC, nd c1970.Large landscape octavo, 196 pages, 7-page introduction followed by captioned photos, pictorial glazed cloth boards, possibly not issued with jacket, VG. **A pictorial survey of bus building from the twenties to the forties with a brief history.

Price:
£20.00

Hydraulic Power.
Ref: S6627
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McNeil, I.Longmans, 1972.Octavo, 197 pages + 12 pages of plates, bibliography and extensive list of sources, jacket, near fine. **From the Longmans' Industrial Archaeology series: the development of the theory of hydraulic power in the seventeenth century, its remarkable growth in the nineteenth and the many ingenious uses for it are scientifically documented in this highly readable work.

Minchinton, W.David & Charles, 1974.Quarto, 112 page photo album with extensive captions and brief notes on each industry, map, jacket, fine. **An intelligent selection of images of the main industries of the county. In the same format as the publisher's various "In Pictures" series.

Moore, D.Sydney, 1996: Simpson.Large square quarto, 120 pages, 51 photo plates, some colour, plus some portraits of former staff, jacket, fine. **Moore was commissioned to photograph the Eveleigh railway yards "before it was too late". So far as I can tell it was already too late, as the pictures seem to be of a closed works, although there are one or two with locomotives, perhaps brought in for the picture. However that may be, there are many interesting views of abandoned machinery, interspersed with shots of tools, and heaps of bogies etc, with pithy comments by former workers. The photos, of a high professional standard, are the point of the book, but there is also a seven-page history of the works.

Oman, Sir C.GWR, 1926, sole edition.Quarto, 230 pages + 94 pages photo plates/map, coloured frontispiece and 1 other coloured plate, 67 line drawings, red boards, cloth back strip, folding GW map in pocket, a little cockled, both endpapers split at spine, front hinges a little weak but holding, otherwise a very good copy. **Note for beginners, this book is about fortifications, not locomotives. It is a guide book, albeit a scholarly one, on a grand scale, and describes castles reachable by the GWR.

Parsons, R H.IMechE, 1947.Large octavo, 299 pages, portrait and other plates, text diagrams, jacket, near fine. **A readable history describing the formation and development of the institution, many of the subjects discussed and some of its famous men. Much of railway interest, of course, but I cannot resist mentioning Mr E Perrett's 1875 floating swimming bath (with changing rooms). It measured 177 x 25 feet and was moored under Charing Cross railway bridge. It was filled with Thames water rendered potable by being passed through 300 filter bags and warmed by the exhaust steam of the pumping machinery. Truly one learns something new every day.

Price:
£20.00

Road Passenger Transport. Survey and development.
Ref: S7558
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Pilcher, R S.Pitman, 1937.Octavo, 393 pages + 16 pages of photographic plates (the latest buses and tramcars), original cloth, slight fading to spine, otherwise VG+. **A textbook on managing a tram and/or bus network. No aspect is overlooked, from the latest technology (heavy oil buses) to traffic congestion, from re-training tram drivers to work buses to complaints about conductors whistling at their work ("it is difficult to know how to deal with this kind of criticism...").

Price:
£15.00

The Life And Times Of Daniel Gooch.
Ref: S6398
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Platt, A.Sutton, 1987.Large octavo, 217 pages, illustrated from contemporary sources, bibliography, jacket, fine. **The GWR's first locomotive engineer was a man of many parts: he was awarded a baronetcy for his part in the laying of the first Atlantic cable, became chairman of the GWR, oversaw the construction of the Severn tunnel and served as an MP for twenty years.

Price:
£17.00

The Copper And Lead Mines Around The Manifold Valley, North Staffordshire.
Ref: S7577
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Porter, L & Robey, J.Landmark Publishing, 2000.Quarto, 269 pages, photo illustrations, line diagrams and maps, jacket, near fine. **The story of the Ecton copper mine and other mining ventures for copper, lead and zinc ores in North Staffordshire. Ecton mine developed into a fabulously wealthy enterprise, becoming the richest and deepest mine in the country.

Price:
£20.00

A Century Of Progress. A centenary brochure of Derby Carriage and Wagon Works.
Ref: S6162
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Clockwork, Steam And Electric. The history of model railways to 1939.
Ref: S6863
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Reder, G. Ian Allan,1972.Square octavo, 216 pages, 490 photo and other illustrations, jacket, near fine. **English language edition of a history first published in Germany. The lively translation was made by C Hamilton Ellis. The history covers model railways worldwide, not just German and English.

Smith, S A S.Institution Of Locomotive Engineers, 1955.Octavo, 57 pages, photos, plans, diagrams, new cloth binding, fine. **Technical paper abstracted from the journal of the ILE and nicely bound in black cloth. Describes the largest continuous casting plant on BR, with much information on the operation for the production of chairs, base plates and brake blocks.

Price:
£20.00

+ Some Early Robey Steam Engines.
Ref: S7878
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Southworth, P J M.Chesterfield, 1986 : published by the author.Folio, 43 page album : photos, some diagrams, card covers. **Robey's were a builder of engines in Lincoln founded in 1854 and working into the early C20. These photographs are from two albums of Robey's own albumen prints dating between 1874 - 1886 and show stationary, portable and locomotive engines in and around the works.

Price:
£12.00

Light Commercial Vehicles.
Ref: S6765
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Stevens-Stratten, S W.Ian Allan, 1991.Quarto, 96 pages, mainly photos, jacket, fine. **Survey starting with the first commercial vehicles, around 1904 and continuing up to the date of publication (C reg), showing the advances made in appearance, carrying capacity and technical progress. The illustrations are arranged by manufacturer, with a brief history of the firm and its products at the start of each section. The author is particularly keen on traditional sign-painting, includes some fine examples and deplores the loss of this art.

Price:
£14.00

Some Aspects Of Brinsley Colliery And The Lawrence Connection.
Ref: S7493
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Storer, R W.Privately published, 1985.Large octavo, 109 pages, photo and line illustations, map, diagrams, tables, leathercloth and gilt, fine. Limited edition 250 copies. **Published to mark the centenary of D H Lawrence's birth. Lawrence's father and the author's father both worked in this colliery. The book is more about the colliery than the Lawrences.

Price:
£20.00

A Descriptive History Of The Steam Engine.
Ref: S4968
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Stuart, R.Knight & Lacy, 1824, 2nd edn.Octavo, 228 pages, 47 illustrations on plates, uncut edges, modern cloth, VG+. **From Hero of Alexandria through to the new high pressure engines. The work is sufficiently late to include mentions of steam boats and portable engines, including Messrs Trevithick and Vivian's successful locomotive Engine at Merthyr Tidvil. Stuart does not forsee the steam engine hauled passenger train and comments "All the American steam boats (except one or two) are propelled by high-pressure engines, ... yet, from the operation of a vulgar prejudice, he would be a bold speculator who should use them in an English Steam Boat." Rather, he believed that the crowning achievement of the steam engine (he does not say whether stationary or locomotive) would be in the mechanisation of agriculture. Includes a useful list of patents from Savery (1698) to 1823.

Tew, D.Wymondham: Brewhouse Press, 1968.Large quarto, 116 pages, illustrated, decorated green cloth (not issued with jacket), slight edge wear otherwise near fine. **This book is a piece of fine printing and binding and the text is a work of excellent local history, witness the foreword by Charles Hadfield. The artwork includes one photograph, and many art drawings by Rigby Graham, some printed in colour. Copy 123/450.

Price:
£95.00

An Album Of Sentinel Works Photographs. No 1 Standards & Supers.
Ref: S7781
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Volk, C.Phillimore, 1971.Octavo, 240 pages + portrait frontispiece and 16 pages of plates, jacket faded on spine, otherwise VG+. **Biography, by his son, of the remarkable pioneer electrical engineer who built the electric railway along the front at Brighton.

Price:
£20.00

A History Of Wolverhampton Transport. Volume One 1833 - 1930.
Ref: S7219
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Webster, N W.Allen & Unwin, 1970.Octavo, 218 pages + 16 pages of plates, jacket, VG+. ** Biography of a great railway engineer, pupil of George Stephenson, friend of Robert Stephenson, builder of many great lines in this country and in Europe. He was privileged to drive the Rocket at the grand opening of the L&M and thus had the great misfortune to run down Mr Huskisson.

Price:
£15.00

The Yorkshire Traction Company Limited Jubilee 7th November 1952.
Ref: S7345
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Yorkshire Traction Co Ltd.Octavo, 29 pages, some photo illustrations, card covers, slight bump on one coner, otherwise near fine. **Nicely produced commemorative booklet : glossy paper, two colour printing, with a brief history of the undertaking.